John & Mary
Red Wooden Beads
Marika stamped her feet saying Hey, hey, listen to meA face she'd never meet saying Hey, hey, listen to meSitting in the kitchen light, prism crystal glassBanking ledger overdrawn, a silent prayer as if to make it passMarika's days were spent thinking Hey, hey, listen to meHer nights in argument thinking Hey, hey, listen to meRunning down the alleyway to catch the last GuignolCalling names of cities and a life that she would never knowLate in the eveningSorting what to keepThe box is in the bedsitHer clothes all in a heapMarika free at last singing Hey, hey, listen to meAll through her autumn passed singing Hey, hey, listen to meMoving toward the telephone, dinner on the runSpiral cord wrapped round her wrist,Her table sold, a brand new day begunLater in the eveningShe found a missing keyThe lock turned in her jewel boxAnd there some red wood beads for her to wear.
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